Cybercrime: Complaints

(asked on 17th July 2017) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps are being taken to ensure that each police service in England and Wales record complaints and outcomes of digital crime and abuse.


Answered by
Nick Hurd Portrait
Nick Hurd
This question was answered on 26th July 2017

The Home Office Counting Rules (HOCR) for police recorded crime governs the requirements on police forces to record and categorise crime and outcomes correctly, including the flagging of certain crimes or factors. From 1 April, flags were incorporated into the HOCR, including an online flag, to improve the data collection and flagging of these offences. The flag should be added to each crime record when an offence is either committed, in full or in part, through a computer, computer network or other computer enabled device.

HMIC’s current rolling programme of crime data integrity inspections is keeping the spotlight on forces to improve the accuracy of their crime recording, including incidents where online crime has been reported.

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